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Blacksmith Shop was released in 2002 by LEGO. It was originally a custom set designed by Daniel Siskind in 2000. LEGO purchased the rights and made the Blacksmith Shop the first set in their "My Own Creation" line of fan designed sets. The lower floor of the shop contains an anvil, tool rack, fireplace, and stairs while the upper living space has a bed, table and chair, and a keg. A Blacksmith and his wife are included along with various accessories.

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This set has 622 pieces and was only about $40.00. This makes me wonder why sets designed by Lego themselves with the same general amount of pieces would cost much more?

On topic however, this is a FANTASTIC set that I missed out on. I remember checking the Shop @ Home site every few days and considering buying it only to talk myself out of it. Today I'd have snatched it up in a heart beat.

I guess we all do things we regret later on...

"A chair like this is like a girlfriend! Why would you trade in an old one that's comfortable for a new one that could be a pain in the butt?" -Archie Bunker-

Beautiful set! Great pieces, great design, even the KK1 figs are great. TLC should really do this with ALL their sets. Surely it would cost about the same to buy rights from fans as to pay designers. Definitely there would be less new parts (and thus the molds for them) to be made. Obviously, the designs would be stunning.

That little bit of My Own Creation support done, on to review this as a set...

I love the selection of pieces that comes with the set. The house is well-equipped with tools and furniture, but is perhaps a little too large to properly fit in with most of the castle sets out there. The figs are gerat figs to have, but look (to my eyes) too rich to be a blacksmith and his wife. Maybe a goldsmith... Playability by itself is kind of low, due to a lack of anything to give the smith and his wife a hard time. No enemies, soldiers, or booby-traps...

Sweeeeet set! I got one for myself and one for my 9 year old daughter last year. It is attractive and challenging to build. A nice model when done. Would have bought more if had been available longer. 10/10 for sure.

Well, this is one of the finest examples of a company paying more than just lip service to its fans. This set is easily one of the best that lego has produced in recent years. Easily the best castle product released since the Dragon Masters first arrived on the scene. None of the elements in this set are particularly rare, so it shouldn't be difficult to replicate if you didn't take the opportunity to purchase it when it was available.

One of the best sets I've ever had. Unfortunately, my friend sat on it by mistake, demolishing it, and I've never put it back together since, because all the tiny pieces are mixed in with my collection. Some day, though, I'll put it back together.

The only problem with this set is that it's huge in proportion to the castles that LEGO has put out! It puts most of them to shame!

I'm lucky, I got the last set in new england (the lego store had one left, and they were nice enough to hold it for me). This is one of the only castle sets of mine not to be scrapped for parts, I just like the design so much I can't bring myself to take it apart.
9.9/10

ezehogan wrote:It may still be, but it isn't in my country (the US). I wouldn't be surprised if it were still offered in other parts of the world however.

ezehogan is correct about this set being unavailable from the USA Shop at Home. We have not had it for over 6 months and sets such as 10000 and 10039 have been sold out just as long. Denmark tends to have a larger and longer lasting selection of LEGO products for obvious reasons Still, it would be a good business practice for LEGO to make more of these popular sets for Shop at Home. The competition against KK2 could hurt some but not too much.

This set and it's pieces are great. Dan's scale is larger but allows many more details. The interior modifications by the product designers were good for the most part but it would have been nice to leave certain items like the spinning wheel in the new model. Check out the CC archive page for Dan's original Brickmania 001 set: